Some philosophers, such as Nagel (1974) and Chalmers (1996), argue that qualitative consciousness—the 'what it is like' aspect—is philosophically and scientifically central, and that organisms lacking such qualia may only be conscious in a loose or non-literal sense.

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• David Chalmers entity
• qualia concept
• Thomas Nagel entity
• qualitative consciousness concept